The apology issued by the management and editorial department ofSinar Harian was published on page 8 of today's issue.

"We admit the error in the publication of 'Objectives of the Christian movement' in the Info column on page 9, edition Aug 23, 2011, yesterday.

"The information published is not accurate.

"Therefore we retract the Info and apologise to all Sinar Harianreaders, especially Christians, over the error committed."

The daily this weekgave extensive coverage to a so-called "apostasy movement" in its regular Monday column Bicara Isnin.

In the second part of the column published yesterday, scathing allegations were levelled against the 'Christian movement' and these were listed in an information text box titledMatlamat gerakan Kristian(Objectives of the Christian movement).

Sinar Harian listed four items that it said are among other programmes afoot "to destroy Muslims":

1. Social movement: encouraging free mingling between the sexes;

2. Moral degradation: damaging moral values with wild activities;

3. Permitting prostitution as a service occupation; and

4. Films and music: inserting negative or extreme elements and excessive music that leads to heedlessness and negligence.

The daily did not elaborate on these allegations.

[Source: Mkini]

It really boggles one's mind to see how the local media can resort to sewer journalism to increase circulation. What has happened to the code of ethics which journalists strongly adhere to? A journalism lecturer once told me, "Facts, facts. Nothing matters but facts!" Apology or not, the damage is already done and I am wondering whether people like Wong Chun Wai and Joceline Tan of The Star will have the conscience to vote for the BN come GE13 as both of them are Christians too. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?

2 comments:

Geronimo, even though Wong Chun Wai and Jocelyn Tan are christians, it is not necessary they worship Jesus or the Virgin Mary. For all we know, both Wong Chun Wai and Jocelyn practices a "monetary" form of religion.

About Me

Geronimo, the great Apache chief,once said that there should be no fences surrounding anyone but be allowed to pursue his own sense of happiness. However, I do not think this is happening in Malaysia as the government continue to threaten its populace with the archaic draconian law such as the Internal Security Act; the University and College Act and the Printing and Publication Act. We are not free. I am but just another Malaysian who believes strongly in the unity of all its races and hence, my strong conviction of the Malaysian first, Malaysian last belief.

Dedicated To Those Who Participated In BERSIH 2007

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Martin Luther King Jr

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed --- "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Abraham Lincoln

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time; That this is the Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

To be sinned in silence when one should protest, make cowards out of men.

Voltaire

How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

"V" For Vendetta

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Victor Hugo

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Sir Winston Churchill

Never in the field of human conflict, have so much been owed by so many to so few.

Martin Niemoller

In Germany the Nazis came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up.

Joseph Goebbels

Never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

Remember what the Tunku said

Mohamed Nazri Aziz

"And yes, I am Malaysian first and Malay next. Does any bigot have a problem with that?"

Khairy Jamaluddin

I am not like a feudal leader, who needs a lot of people around me...In the animal kingdom, those who hunt alone like the lion is king...I say those who need to move around in groups are like monkeys [A direct reference to Ibrahim Ali]

Christina Liew

“Sabah and Sarawak did not join Malaysia but came together along with Singapore and Malaya to form the new federation in 1963.”

Unite Against Racism

Let's not forget these scenes

Teoh Beng Hock - a young life lost

Remembering Teoh Beng Hock

If our Malay brethren and sisters could show sympathy for Teoh Beng Hock, why can't Chua Soi Lek do the same by supporting the setting up of a RCI?